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have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard in others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. and i was generous jere van dyke commenting on the killing of the afghan president's half brother. and he ran out of nato airstrikes rattled the suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli as colonel gadhafi fell never to leave his country in the face of assaults by the alliance and the rebels this comes after the opposition became the legitimate authority in the country in the eyes of more nations the u.s. and more than thirty other states recognize them at a diplomatic meeting on friday saying they would deal with them until an interim government is in place recognition by contact group on libya also gives the rebels ac
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the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels is worth your. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we had anybody pegged down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of the military might that's not that different mark democracy never come by a clinician democracy never come by militant ration democracy never come by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by must occur by pumping our wedding parties and in washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia p
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of taliban movements. the approach for this province is to target, in a sense, the civilian populations. not with violence, but when they need intelligence -- you have to visit houses. you have to march out to where they are concentrated, to start knocking on doors, demanding to be let in. they will break the door down. but you knock on the door, trying to be as friendly as possible. you start asking hard questions to the people inside, who has been here, what is in that box over there, show me around. and unlocked the door. >> >> there is someone in there. >> take it easy. >> who is the village elder? [speaking foreign language] >> i will look him up and talk to him about this. >> he was on the patrol -- >> a lot of the places like this are an endless, endless process of searching scores of identical kalats. you knock on the door and go in. a lot of locked boxes. find out what's inside, if they won't tell you. in 99% of cases, nobody will say anything. you can't find any evidence. nato knows it happens. t
of taliban movements. the approach for this province is to target, in a sense, the civilian populations. not with violence, but when they need intelligence -- you have to visit houses. you have to march out to where they are concentrated, to start knocking on doors, demanding to be let in. they will break the door down. but you knock on the door, trying to be as friendly as possible. you start asking hard questions to the people inside, who has been here, what is in that box over there, show me...
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and the taliban is insistent that u.s. and nato must leave afghanistan in iraq if we look at the iraqi members of parliament who were supposed to formally request that the u.s. forces remain there that has not happened so being one. war machine in the united states is is being halted because of its failure i'm afraid we're out of time good to hear your thoughts on the program cynthia mckinney former u.s. congresswoman presidential candidate on the line from new york. one of the new stories the lingering debt crisis in america is making china see red america's biggest lenders blasted the u.s. will make in saying that their big danger is the irresponsible investment analyst peter schiff says beijing could grow tired of washington playing its internal game of chicken and dump the dollar as its main reserve currency we can't afford bad relations with china beijing holds the cards you know we're dancing to the tune that they play the real problem for china is that there's no way that america can pay back the money that the chin
and the taliban is insistent that u.s. and nato must leave afghanistan in iraq if we look at the iraqi members of parliament who were supposed to formally request that the u.s. forces remain there that has not happened so being one. war machine in the united states is is being halted because of its failure i'm afraid we're out of time good to hear your thoughts on the program cynthia mckinney former u.s. congresswoman presidential candidate on the line from new york. one of the new stories the...
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forces sixteen insurgents were killed in the country's south the raid comes in response to renewed taliban activity as nato begins a gradual withdrawal from afghanistan the plan is to recall all foreign combat forces by the end of two thousand and fourteen nato's new military commander in the country general john allen warns of tough times ahead for the effort earlier this month the afghan president's half brother was assassinated by one of his own guards . in a separate incident one of president karzai top advisers was also gunned down u.s. anti-war activist brian becker thinks the coalition may be losing routed afghanistan while the number of casualties rise. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his
forces sixteen insurgents were killed in the country's south the raid comes in response to renewed taliban activity as nato begins a gradual withdrawal from afghanistan the plan is to recall all foreign combat forces by the end of two thousand and fourteen nato's new military commander in the country general john allen warns of tough times ahead for the effort earlier this month the afghan president's half brother was assassinated by one of his own guards . in a separate incident one of...
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the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible many people are saying and what i heard in talking to people in kandahar this morning is that it could very easily be a power struggle there could be other clans other tribes that are jealous of karzai is increasing power throughout the region and may have wanted to do him in don't forget he's also been on the payroll it is alleged the cia very close to many drug dealers and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they kill the person who had all the information it's going to take time before we find out who's responsible but in the short term we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country. and now of course there's a power vacuum is there a likely successor. t
the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible many people are saying and what i heard in talking to people in kandahar this morning is that it could very easily be a power struggle there could be other clans other tribes that are jealous of karzai is increasing power throughout the region and may have wanted to do him in don't forget he's also been on the payroll it is alleged the cia very close to many drug dealers and i've also heard and...
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since 2001. >> the taliban buy in small units. they said booby traps and suicide bombings were more effective. a new generation of television militants saw their chance. by 2006, the insurgency was in full force. the international security assistance force, isaf, found it increasingly hard to stabilize the country. american combat troops were deployed in the north for the first time to battle a resurgent taliban. >> was clear is that the whole strategy in all -- in the north has had little success. that means that the german troops there remain in great danger. the more than 130,000 foreign soldiers are stationed in afghanistan. 90,000 of them are from the u.s.. president obama inherited the afghanistan war, but he says progress has been made and that the death of osama bin laden has weakened al qaeda. >> i just want to say a few words -- we are being successful in those emissions. the reason we are in a position to draw down 10,000 troops this year and a total of 33,000 troops by the end of next summer is precisely because of the
since 2001. >> the taliban buy in small units. they said booby traps and suicide bombings were more effective. a new generation of television militants saw their chance. by 2006, the insurgency was in full force. the international security assistance force, isaf, found it increasingly hard to stabilize the country. american combat troops were deployed in the north for the first time to battle a resurgent taliban. >> was clear is that the whole strategy in all -- in the north has had...
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killed in a blast in turkmenistan but there is confusion as state officials say there were no paid taliban. and a crumbling empire the owner of a british tabloid accused of hacking into tones of murder victims expected in london to deal with a crisis before the last edition goes to print. four pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the georgian government says high profile photographers arrested this week were linked to russian special services and passed on secret information to them if three men have now been charged with spying after being arrested thursday for more we go live to our correspondent peter all over following the story. peter so tell us more about the accusations that are made against these photos well they were just full of people arrested on thursday pull up photo journalists one of them has now been released without charge now it turns out she's life full of one of the three photojournalists that of being held in custody now of those three would slow the european press agency one is a personal photographer for president. saakashvili
killed in a blast in turkmenistan but there is confusion as state officials say there were no paid taliban. and a crumbling empire the owner of a british tabloid accused of hacking into tones of murder victims expected in london to deal with a crisis before the last edition goes to print. four pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the georgian government says high profile photographers arrested this week were linked to russian special services and passed...
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have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate their force someone would have had a different reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed a person who had all the information. that was journalist gerry van dyke commenting on the killing of the afghan president's half brother. the new nato airstrikes have hit the suburbs of the libyan libyan capital tripoli as colonel gadhafi val's he'll never leave his country this comes after his opponents have been recognized as the legitimate governing authority by over thirty nations led by the u.s. they said they would do deal with the rebel transitional national council until an interim government is in place new measures to give the insurgents access to cut off these assets including the billions of dollars which have been frozen in american bank
have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate their force someone would have had a different reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed a person who had all the information. that was...
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he had an important role in fighting against the taliban. militants insurgents in. afghanistan but at the same time he was accused of being involved in corruption in drag trafficking and everything because of this many believe that. here. now american well seek for the. another person to replace him so you know allegations here are the half brother of the afghan president. linked to the cia on the cia payroll and yet one of the biggest drug kingpins in afghanistan certainly some murky stories in the shadows there are some murky connections now the u.s. is preparing to withdraw its troops from afghanistan claiming they are leaving a stable country behind bearing in mind that assassination is like this one what's happened to the president's half brother still taking place what's going to happen when the soldiers and the. i think in general. will not have a. negative effect on. american. strategy and. american struggle against the taliban and al qaeda but of course they will face some problem. because the last one off the important important. man in this area at the sa
he had an important role in fighting against the taliban. militants insurgents in. afghanistan but at the same time he was accused of being involved in corruption in drag trafficking and everything because of this many believe that. here. now american well seek for the. another person to replace him so you know allegations here are the half brother of the afghan president. linked to the cia on the cia payroll and yet one of the biggest drug kingpins in afghanistan certainly some murky stories...
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in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this for the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies kamelot admit defeat in the second country after what happened in iraq with others why they're there they in order to prop up a government that they have no real confidence in. in order to save their own faces they are there to protect their interests they're not there to protect the ordinary afghans and we've seen this again this week that was lindsey german from the stop the war coalition now syria's government has approved a law to allow the formation of political parties other than president assad's ruling baath party opposition movements were bad when it came to power in one thousand nine hundred sixty three now it's part of a series of reforms promised by assad to try and quell months of protests against his regime a political theorist spectrum and barbara says this change in the legislature is nothing more than a charade. it is not anything but a formal
in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this for the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies kamelot admit defeat in the second country after what happened in iraq with others why they're there they in order to prop up a government that they have no real confidence in. in order to save their own faces they are there to protect their interests they're not...
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a senior advisor to the afghan president has been assassinated by the taliban in the capital kabul one of the country's lawmakers was also killed in the attack the deaths come less than a week after how many karzai is have brother who ran south of the country was gunned down the taliban is stepping up its assault on afghan officials and smale combat troops began their withdrawal from the war zone but who has intervention expert stephen lyman says washington will want to close its grip on afghanistan because waging war is look. if i'm. president a little mystery with a small security detail not a practical marine division nic i see him he would last five minutes the resistance you know ghana's want to liberate the country so take any opportunity they care to get anything if any level in any time not only other one hundred thousand u.s. troops oh thirty or forty thousand other troops there are well over one hundred thousand private security contractors. discussed in the major media so combat forces may come out of private security forces may go when you take their place america wages war
a senior advisor to the afghan president has been assassinated by the taliban in the capital kabul one of the country's lawmakers was also killed in the attack the deaths come less than a week after how many karzai is have brother who ran south of the country was gunned down the taliban is stepping up its assault on afghan officials and smale combat troops began their withdrawal from the war zone but who has intervention expert stephen lyman says washington will want to close its grip on...
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the taliban take out another target on their nato collaborators list as foreign troops began as drawing while leaving a questionable local force in charge. one thousand out while another is veiled the murder misconduct sees britain's most senior policeman quit x. news international treaty for back to bergson is arrested. a cosmic campaign ian for the hubble telescope as russia's own eye in the sky gets ready to seek out the secrets of our universe. this is our coming to live from moscow with josh a senior advisor to the afghan president has been assassinated by the taliban in the capital kabul one of the country's lawmakers was also killed in the attack the das come less than a week after hama karzai is have brother who ran the south of the country was gunned down the taliban is stepping up its assault on afghan officials as nato combat troops begin their was drawl from the war zone but u.s. intervention expert stephen leatherman says washington will want to keep its grip on of ghana stan because waging war is a lucrative. if i'm not. the president i don't history with a small security
the taliban take out another target on their nato collaborators list as foreign troops began as drawing while leaving a questionable local force in charge. one thousand out while another is veiled the murder misconduct sees britain's most senior policeman quit x. news international treaty for back to bergson is arrested. a cosmic campaign ian for the hubble telescope as russia's own eye in the sky gets ready to seek out the secrets of our universe. this is our coming to live from moscow with...
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line from moscow a senior advisor to the afghan president has been assassinated by the taliban in the capital kabul one of the country's lawmakers was also killed in the attack well the tests come less than a week one hundred cars lies hoff problem he ran in the south of the country has gone down the taliban is stepping up its assault on afghan officials as they say calm but she'd begin their withdrawal from the will say but u.s. intervention expert stephen lyman says washington will want to keep its grip on a countless sound because waging war supersets. if. a president came out on the street with a small security detail be practical a marine division again i see him he would last five minutes the resistance and it would get us there and want to liberate the country so take any opportunity they care to in time did anything in any level in return not only under a hundred thousand u.s. troops but thirty or forty thousand other troops here or well over a hundred thousand private security contractors you never hear is discussed in a major media so congress forces may come out private sec
line from moscow a senior advisor to the afghan president has been assassinated by the taliban in the capital kabul one of the country's lawmakers was also killed in the attack well the tests come less than a week one hundred cars lies hoff problem he ran in the south of the country has gone down the taliban is stepping up its assault on afghan officials as they say calm but she'd begin their withdrawal from the will say but u.s. intervention expert stephen lyman says washington will want to...
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the taliban as sounds today more high ranking officials in afghanistan is a naysayer begins to hand they control of the country's provinces so local pulls this facing huge question long say there have been this. is the crisis in rupert murdoch's in the media empire spreads to the british police with the resignation of the country's most senior officer. and security forces prevent i major terrorist attack am moscow by a group of people from the north caucuses. a very warm welcome to you this is a lie from the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s and local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack well the murders come at less than a week the hum of hoff brought the who around the south of the country it was. the taliban stepping up its assault on a afghan officials and they take on about chimps begin to withdrawal and sunday the alliance candidate for control the first of seven designated areas to local forces . but u.s. radio h
the taliban as sounds today more high ranking officials in afghanistan is a naysayer begins to hand they control of the country's provinces so local pulls this facing huge question long say there have been this. is the crisis in rupert murdoch's in the media empire spreads to the british police with the resignation of the country's most senior officer. and security forces prevent i major terrorist attack am moscow by a group of people from the north caucuses. a very warm welcome to you this is...
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well the taliban is claiming responsibility. because i had a provincial council and it was one of the most powerful politicians in the south of the country he was a controversial figure used by critics of corruption cronyism and criminal activity to shroud the current afghan regime. what he's killing me for the country when i joined my first journalist. from kabul thank you for joining us now if it's true the taliban were behind the killing why do you think they would target him specifically. was one of the top political figure not only in the south of the country but it was a political figure all over the country. he was one of the. over there in south of afghanistan he was. doing a lot of. things. activities over there and also he was. making and making you know. have some political clout and also political problems. when he. was. this period. out of the country and he. tribal leader and. i think the taliban targeted him he mentions a tribal leader there but he's also been accused of being involved in a number of corruption sc
well the taliban is claiming responsibility. because i had a provincial council and it was one of the most powerful politicians in the south of the country he was a controversial figure used by critics of corruption cronyism and criminal activity to shroud the current afghan regime. what he's killing me for the country when i joined my first journalist. from kabul thank you for joining us now if it's true the taliban were behind the killing why do you think they would target him specifically....
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next the taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack or those murders come less than a week after how many cars i was half brother around the country was gunned down the taliban's stepping up its assault on afghan officials right now just as name. combat troops begin to withdraw indeed on sunday the alliance handed over control of the first of seven designated areas to local forces with more on the situation unfolding in afghanistan let's talk to on the war. here brian very good evening chief thanks for being an r.t. international these latest attacks on senior official show that the taliban is still a substantial force to be reckoned with without the mind of nato forces doing the right thing by withdrawing now. well the nato forces are facing. a dilemma they're on the horns of a dilemma they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency
next the taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack or those murders come less than a week after how many cars i was half brother around the country was gunned down the taliban's stepping up its assault on afghan officials right now just as name. combat troops begin to withdraw indeed on sunday...
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on the back food tackling the taliban. the clock's ticking for america's rival politicians to agree on the next move in sorting out its soaring debt congress needs to raise the current fourteen point three trillion dollar debt ceiling to avoid the folding and president obama wants parties to ignore their differences to avert armageddon but leading credit rating agencies are already threatening to downgrade america's aaa credit score for the first time in over ten years they say there is a risk the u.s. could fail to resolve the deadlock quickly or effect that way alice maxwells believes america's debt addiction means there won't be a quick cure. america's been running on debt for years this is a disaster in the making and i would liken the situation here to a cancerous tumor inside a body there's no better time to cut the cancerous tumor out quickly as you possibly can that said the u.s. government has been running on debt for many many years and we've been raising the budget the total debt ceiling for many many years as a
on the back food tackling the taliban. the clock's ticking for america's rival politicians to agree on the next move in sorting out its soaring debt congress needs to raise the current fourteen point three trillion dollar debt ceiling to avoid the folding and president obama wants parties to ignore their differences to avert armageddon but leading credit rating agencies are already threatening to downgrade america's aaa credit score for the first time in over ten years they say there is a risk...
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because their base of your party is afghan so you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in college just for the most part now as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government which i'll be and will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more congenial simply because it has to if it wants to be taken seriously by the population generally speaking that afghans. better off with governing themselves without the united states because the forces provided security for them because as you seem we know unintentionally killed a lot of people and i think there we would be foolish to sit here and think that you actually were not really there will be a minute u.s. involvement if they'd all been involved for a long
the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because their base of your party is afghan so you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in college just for the most part now as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government...
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policy he said so this is a very big coup for the taliban they will have to deal with. with his hard line for all. american human rights activists according on their country to practice what it preaches when it comes to torture washington often condemns other countries for such methods yet campaigners say controversial u.s. army academies still training offices in brutal interrogation techniques can in forward met one torture survivor who's on a mission to get it closed. it's been thirty years since colombian soldiers kidnapped oh be starved and electroshock tech there out east peace about all for having a quote subversive book. relives every day people have survived torture in colonial times very lucky to be able to tell the story most people get told to for ten days does the stand there and then they get shot and kill many had been disappear after says the colombian soldiers who tortured him and later killed his brother. and were trained right here on american soil at the school of the americas in fort benning georgia army major joints of blair was an instructor there
policy he said so this is a very big coup for the taliban they will have to deal with. with his hard line for all. american human rights activists according on their country to practice what it preaches when it comes to torture washington often condemns other countries for such methods yet campaigners say controversial u.s. army academies still training offices in brutal interrogation techniques can in forward met one torture survivor who's on a mission to get it closed. it's been thirty years...
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nor will it will they find their way into iraq to fight al qaida and the taliban. military her prefer search perverse forms of islam is not the jewel to wheedle us to be attacked is to me was like all of do with a woman's decision to wear certain type of clothing what on earth are you. trying to run. and how do you know you guys are you going towards your salary is a lie we're very lucky because i decided to ask you to give you the last word in the program and in the near figs i where do you think the multiculturalism discussion is going to go now in europe after this horrific event. i think people with common sense will see that we need to be one society with many cultures and we need to be on the front four which is positive building relationships understanding each other i think the rhetoric of what stephen represents and his organization represents is is the cause of the things that we have just like it is for any religion any ideology extremists you know we need to shun them we need to marginalize them and unfortunately stephen represents those kind of views s
nor will it will they find their way into iraq to fight al qaida and the taliban. military her prefer search perverse forms of islam is not the jewel to wheedle us to be attacked is to me was like all of do with a woman's decision to wear certain type of clothing what on earth are you. trying to run. and how do you know you guys are you going towards your salary is a lie we're very lucky because i decided to ask you to give you the last word in the program and in the near figs i where do you...
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're going to be fighting it out of cancer to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to do is fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part and i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing themselves without the united states of caution forces providing security for them because as we've seen we have unintentionally killed a lot of people so it's afghans are going out against that that's better off the united states or nato killing afghans and i think we would be foolish to sit here and think that the u.s. is leaving we're not leaving there will be permanent u.s. involvement in a dog and god mode for a long time. now we focus on the international headlines this hour and the u.s. will terry in a famine his malia if assure the deliveries thro
the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're going to be fighting it out of cancer to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to do is fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part and i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing...
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staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can weave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to give afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling please armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within the very heart the foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily and spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from the treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualties on the afghan and american side is is is increasing not decreasing and yet they're no closer to victory in fact they're losing co
staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can weave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to give...
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there is an incentive on the taliban to a join a political process because taliban mid level and high level leaders are being killed in ever larger numbers and what you see now is in some sense lowering morales of the taliban within afghanistan because they're brave mid-level and high level leaders are cowering over the border in pakistan. that is what has happened and we keep that pressure. of course we need to work with the afghan citizens of long-term capability that the afghans can go on dealing with an insurgency if it is still continuing even in a minor way into the future along the lines he suggested. the taliban are under huge pressure because of the surge and the effectiveness of operations in which we are engaged. >> frank white. >> in afghanistan, we will not drawdown on the people who get diplomatic -- in the country. >> it is hugely important we secure those who work in our embassy. are had the fortune of meeting many people in the kabul embassy, one of the biggest embassies in the world. they have to make huge compromises to work out in such a difficult location and secu
there is an incentive on the taliban to a join a political process because taliban mid level and high level leaders are being killed in ever larger numbers and what you see now is in some sense lowering morales of the taliban within afghanistan because they're brave mid-level and high level leaders are cowering over the border in pakistan. that is what has happened and we keep that pressure. of course we need to work with the afghan citizens of long-term capability that the afghans can go on...
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no no government whether it's a are on the other government is capable of fighting the taliban alone because it's not just the taliban it's the region you're talking about pakistan you talk about iran it's it's the drug mafia it's their war mafia in the region and it's a complicated sophisticated puzzle so mr karzai government and the present the afghan institutions are not capable of taking on this thing if that is going on right now all right. thank you very much. on the way as intelligence services says there's no evidence that anders breivik is connected to far right extremists in norway or elsewhere the thirty two year old who admits killing seventy six people last friday claims he was part of why the mission his lawyer insists that breivik is insane and didn't know what he was doing but as artie's lorimer reports his immigration message is one that has chilling chilling rather echoes all across europe. and ethnic hatred that led to the slaughter of scores of innocent young people to prevent the massacre to which he freely admits was a justified strike against the political left
no no government whether it's a are on the other government is capable of fighting the taliban alone because it's not just the taliban it's the region you're talking about pakistan you talk about iran it's it's the drug mafia it's their war mafia in the region and it's a complicated sophisticated puzzle so mr karzai government and the present the afghan institutions are not capable of taking on this thing if that is going on right now all right. thank you very much. on the way as intelligence...
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to find as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off. governing themselves without united states because she course has provided security for them because as we've seen we unintentionally killed a lot of people so if afghans are killing afghan doubt it's better off. nato. and i think we would be foolish to sit here and think that the us is leaving we're not leaving there will be a minute u.s. involvement in nato involvement for a long time. look at some other international headlines the u.s. has announced it will send humanitarian aid to famine hit somalia regions controlled by al qaeda affiliated terrorists groups if assured that
the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to find as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off. governing themselves without...
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now though the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack but the murders come less than a week after how many as half brother the south of the country was gunned down so the taliban seems to be stepping up its assault on afghan officials just as nato combat troops are beginning to withdraw deed on sunday the alliance handed over control of the first of seven designated areas to local forces as the war activists told me a trail of military bases will none the less be left behind. i would question to what extent they really want to leave clearly they have to present themselves as leaving whether they really intend to leave i think you can gauge by for example the amount of construction that's going on at places. nato bases at places like kandahar and by graham and so on which look very permanent and involve hundreds of millions of dollars but certainly some process is going on and it may
now though the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack but the murders come less than a week after how many as half brother the south of the country was gunned down so the taliban seems to be stepping up its assault on afghan officials just as nato combat troops are beginning to withdraw...
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the photo of an afghan girl just bigger by taliban extremists singletary missed the shopping and inspired shocking because one cannot get such atrocious injuries calmly and inspiring because the guys on bail the girls will to leave even after suffering such beastly brutality jordi bieber is not new to the w.p.a. competition she wanted eight times already. the jury describes the nature of b.b. i. it is one of those totals which is immediately recognized as a triumph for charlie's. whole julian thank you very much for coming thanks for having me it's a pleasure for me to having on the show well first of all i read that when somebody told you that you won the world press photo would you report and say you're joking i can't believe it is that true well why couldn't you but you're not going to will go out you know as you said in your all previously that i had won eight will place awards before never in a million years would i ever have thought i would have won the overall prize and at the same time because of all the controversy that was surrounding the photograph i thought that the jury would
the photo of an afghan girl just bigger by taliban extremists singletary missed the shopping and inspired shocking because one cannot get such atrocious injuries calmly and inspiring because the guys on bail the girls will to leave even after suffering such beastly brutality jordi bieber is not new to the w.p.a. competition she wanted eight times already. the jury describes the nature of b.b. i. it is one of those totals which is immediately recognized as a triumph for charlie's. whole julian...
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to put an end to the taliban rule to set up an interim administration and hold free elections. these tasks were supposed to be in six or twelve months but this september we'll see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved. it's become even worse and. like general petraeus for example who's commanding the military operation in afghanistan says that the number of armed clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times have the assigned tasks been achieved. security in afghanistan has only gone. because it said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of closed circle in this respect to the be worth a nato operation in helmand province which produces the most opium poppies the operation was called. which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers of the province were repo
to put an end to the taliban rule to set up an interim administration and hold free elections. these tasks were supposed to be in six or twelve months but this september we'll see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved. it's become even worse and. like general petraeus for example who's commanding the military operation in afghanistan says that the number of armed clashes there increases year after year in fact...
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the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack. the murders come less than a week after how many cars eyes half brother seen as the most powerful figure in southern afghanistan was gunned down the taliban is stepping up its assaults on afghan officials as nato troops begin to withdraw on sunday the alliance handed over control of the first of seven designated areas to local forces but anti-war activist brian becker says the wave of afghanistan's summations only proves that the us has achieved nothing during its war there. when by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cann
the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack. the murders come less than a week after how many cars eyes half brother seen as the most powerful figure in southern afghanistan was gunned down the taliban is stepping up its assaults on afghan officials as nato troops begin to withdraw on...
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and is concerned also that afghans are divided with some worried it'll open the door to her return of taliban rule jason malard has more. there's confusion on the faces of the afghan army soldiers as a firefight unfolds on the other side of the wall lucky for them this is the kabul military training center in the bullets being fired blanks the men here halfway through a ten week program and the officers don't cut the many slack when it's over the be deployed eastern province one of afghanistan's most violent corners. but we must push them hard so they can perform under pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan national army has already come a long way its ranks have swollen to about one hundred seventy thousand troops thanks to fresh waves of recruits attracted by higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to beat back the taliban led insurgency regardless of age or ethnicity then in the army we are all brothers and we are all called by one name. by the call of duty is also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first ever class of woman
and is concerned also that afghans are divided with some worried it'll open the door to her return of taliban rule jason malard has more. there's confusion on the faces of the afghan army soldiers as a firefight unfolds on the other side of the wall lucky for them this is the kabul military training center in the bullets being fired blanks the men here halfway through a ten week program and the officers don't cut the many slack when it's over the be deployed eastern province one of...